Does GitHub pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, GitHub employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at GitHub. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at GitHub?

66% of GitHub employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated GitHub 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at GitHub?

Software Engineer (55) , Senior Software Engineer (32) , Sales (10) , Solutions Engineer (9) , Account Executive (8) , Director (7) , Program Manager (7) , Customer Reliability Engineer (6) , Enterprise Business Representative (6) , Marketing (6) , Senior Program Manager (6) , Software Engineer III (6) , Project Manager (5) , Software Engineer Intern (5) , Talent Partner (5)

What are the pros of working at GitHub according to real employee reviews?

"We're on MSFT paper and overall benefits are good." ((in 65 reviews)); "It is truly a great company and culture." ((in 64 reviews)); "The people here are great and very compassionate." ((in 63 reviews)); "Work life balance was great" ((in 32 reviews)); "great teams and interesting work" ((in 22 reviews))

What are the cons of working at GitHub according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management." ((in 23 reviews)); "Bad leadership, burnout, no strategy" ((in 23 reviews)); "Good managers are extremely hard to come by" ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about GitHub layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about GitHub layoffs and their outlook for job security at GitHub in 2026.

What are the top reviewed GitHub locations?

San Francisco , Seattle , New York , Los Angeles , Chicago , Austin , Denver , Boston , Atlanta , Portland , Remote , Salt Lake City , Virginia Beach , Durham , Apex , Raleigh , Dallas , Houston , Minneapolis , Bellevue , Athens , Urbana , Norfolk , Fairfax , Albany , Wisconsin Dells , Phoenix , Juneau , Detroit , Whitefish

GitHub reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(462 total reviews)

Thomas Dohmke

50% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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GitHub has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 462 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The GitHub employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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462 reviews

5.0

Jun 17, 2023

Great place to work

Technical support engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome team, good manager, good benefits

Cons

Layoffs were rough. Can be hard being fully remote with no option even for hybrid work

4.0

Mar 31, 2023

Good company to work for

Sr. software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1.GitHub is remote first Company. 2. The amount of effort put building internal tools for deployment and developer tools is tremendous. 3. Company has open culture, you can contact anyone and expect help/reply 4. good benifits provided

Cons

1. Lots of process for promotion 2. Too much work and customer issues 3. Cant work based out of India, they removed India Engineering

4.0

Dec 30, 2022

Some of the best people I’m e ever worked alongside

Senior product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People are positive and helpful, it’s possible to find your tribe and to really enjoy work there.

Cons

Senior management appeared to be quite scattered. Classic lord of the flies style resource allocation and reallocation.

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